Did I do a good thing or not?

@islandmandan 

I have a multitude of arms/cartridges & TT's.

Fyi when I had a hiatus from audio I ran a Shure V15vmr in a modified ET2 - superb results. Also like you I have a Dynavector 501 - the Shure V15vmr sounded very good in that arm as well. The V15 did not sound great with any of my other arms.

So from my point of view you have a great arm/cartridge match with the 501/V15 - I ran the Shure with the stabiliser brush removed.

Dover, I am so glad to hear this news. Now that I'm a certified old fart, these kind of exercises are fun, and don't cost too much. I wonder it it'll outshine the Dynavector XX2MKII (a real verteran around here, with a SS retip aboard), an AT ART-9, Acutex M 320 LPM, or my ESCCO modified Denon 103R.

Good stuff! Regards,

Dan

I had a V15 III waaaayyy back and in its time.  Shure was one of the greats of yesteryear.  Say no more.

Some find the m97xe to be better. Those are going for 400 to 500! I have one and love it. I have much more expensive MC cartridges but I find that the shure still sounds darn good for what it is. It was only around 87 bucks back in the day, before shure stopped making it. It tracks at 1.25 grams, and the brush is cool.

...at another once upon a time, the best MM cart I owned was a Stanton 681EE....

Later, with the possession and enjoyment of a Technics SL-10, the MC cart that came with it was titz....

Then, I fell into the digital domain and carts fell to the wayside, less or more...but even before the SL and to this day, tangetal arms are still the weapon of choice.

’Anti-skate’ only applies to skateboards....which I don’t ’do’...... ;)

(The peril of carts is that it's REALLY Hard to 'demo' anything of that sort....word of mouth, of mag, of blind faith, shots into the dark....best guess seems to be sorta SOTA....)....mho....